Chapter 36: Aunt Nyx- 02
A minute later, Nyx opened the door, her hair a bird’s nest, her eyes half closed. “What? Did you have a nightmare? Do you want me to walk you to the bathroom?”
Owen’s expression darkened, some childhood memories that he had worked hard to forget resurfacing again. If it weren’t for the fact that Nyx was clearly half-asleep, he would have fought her on the spot. “I can’t sleep on the couch.”
Nyx struggled to keep her eyes open to look at the pitiful Owen who was hugging his pillow to his chest looking a lot like he did twenty years ago when he threw up in the middle of the night but was too scared to tell his mother.
“So what? You wanna sleep with big sis? How old are you? Three?”
Owen’s ears turned red in embarrassment. He refused to answer that.
Nyx rolled
